Bath-cabinet.



UNITED STATES PATENT JOSEPH E. CROSS, OF BRATTLEBOROUGH, VERMONT.

BATH-CABIN ET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,250, dated Marclr13, 1900 Application filedMay23,1899. Serial No- 717,922. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JOSEPH E. CROSS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brattleborough, in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Bath-Cabinet, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in bath-cabinets.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of bath-cabinets and to provide a simple and comparatively-inexpensive one capable of spraying the entire surface of the body of a person and adapted to discharge hot, cold, and temperate water and enable the occupant to control the discharge of the same.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bath-cabinet constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a hori- 'z'ontal sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a detail sectional view illustrating the construction of the connection between the central reservoir or receptacle and the distributer. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the spray jets or nozzles.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw- 'IDgS.

1 designates a cylindrical bath-cabinet provided with an inwardly-opening door 2 and having the upper face 3 of its bottom 4 inclined inwardly from the periphery to the center to direct all water to a drain-pipe 5, which extends from the center of the bottom of the cabinet and which is adapted to carry 05 all the water. Upon the top of the cabinet are arranged reservoirs or receptacles 6, 7, and 8, located, respectively, at the center and at opposite sides thereof 5 but the arrangement may be changed and the number of receptacles may be varied, if desired. The receptacles or reservoirs 7 and 8 are connected by short pipes 9 and 10 with the central reservoir or receptacle and are provided with valves 11 and 12 for controlling the discharge of their contents. The central receptacle is provided with a valve 13 and is connected by a short pipe 1 1 with a centrally-arranged cylindrical casing, which is located within the upper portion of the cabinet and which is shallow, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings.

The cylindrical casing 15,which forms a distributer, is provided at its periphery with an annular series of radially-extending distributing-tubes 16, extending through the walls of the cabinet and connected with spray jets or nozzles, and the latter, which are located within the bath-cabinet, are arranged in rows, as illustrated in Fig. 2, but may be disposed in any desired manner. The spray jets or nozzles 17 are provided with threaded shanks or stems 18, extending through the walls of the cabinet and projecting beyond the same for the reception of the lower ends of the distributing-tubes 16, which are preferably constructed of rubber, but which may be either rigid or flexible, as desired.

The valves 11, 12, and 13, which may be of any desired construction, are connected with levers 19, 2-0, and 21 by stems or other suitable means, and the said levers, which are fulcrumed between their ends at the upper edges of the receptacles or reservoirs, are provided at their outer ends with depending chains 22, 23, and 24, which extend through perforations of the top of the cabinet, being provided at their lower ends with suitable grips or handles arranged within easy reach of the occupant.

The central reservoir or receptacle, which forms a mixing-chamber, is designed to be supplied with temperate water, which is first sprayed on the occupant. The outer receptacle 7 is designed to be supplied with hot water and the other outer receptacle is adapted for cold water. After the occupant has exhausted the temperate water or has used as much thereof as desired he may, by operatingthe valve 11, start the flow of the hot water, after which the cold water is applied. By opening both of the valves 11 and 12 a bath of any temperature may be obtained. Also as the'flow of the water is under the control of the occupant the water may be sprayed at intervals and will permit frequent applications of soap.

It will be apparent that the bath-cabinet is exceedingly simple in construction, that it is readily supplied with water, and that it will enable baths of any desired temperature to be obtained. The water will drain entirely from the cabinet, so that the latter will dry within a comparatively-short time. The central receptacle or reservoir forms the mixing- .chamber, and the temperature of the water may be controlled by the occupant as the hot and cold Water flows through the central receptacle or reservoir before passing into the distributer.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What is claimed is 1. An apparatus of the class described comprising a cabinet closed at the top and sides, receptacles arranged on the exterior of the cabinet and supported upon the top thereof, a shallow horizontal casing arranged within the cabinet and suspended from the top thereof and connected with the saidreceptacles, spraying devices arranged on the inner faces of the Walls of the cabinet, and distrib- .uting-tubes extending from the edges of the shallow casing to the spraying devices, substantially as described.

2. An apparatus of the class described comprisinga cabinet closed at the top and sides and provided with a door, a central mixingreceptacle mounted upon the top of the cabinet, the receptacles 7 and 8- also arranged upon the top of the cabinet and located at opposite sides of the mixing-receptacle and communicating therewith, a short pipe depending from the mixing-receptacle and extending through the top of the cabinet, a shallow horizontal casing supported by the short pipe and arranged within the. cabinet, and spraying devices connected with the said casing, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the, foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH E. CROSS.

Witnesses:

J. H. MERRIFIELD, LEW'IS I-I. LYNDE. 

